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It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. Henry Ford

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. Benjamin Franklin

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The idea that you know what is true is dangerous, for it keeps you imprisoned in the mind. It is when you do not know, that you are free to investigate. ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj

Sunday, 7 September 2014

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/03/froomkin-blogs-again/

"There will be no snapping back to a pre-Bush-era respect for basic human
dignity and civil rights. Thanks to Obama, it’s going to be a hard,
long fight.
In some cases, Obama has set even darker precedents than his
predecessor. Massively invasive bulk surveillance of Americans and
others has been expanded, not constrained. This president secretly condemns people to death without any checks or balances, and shrugs as his errant drones massacre innocent civilians. Whistleblowers and journalists who expose national security wrongdoing face unprecedented criminal prosecution."